Baron Kilbracken, of Killegar in the County of Leitrim, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1909 for the senior civil servant Sir Arthur Godley

Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken

John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, GCB was a British civil servant and the longest serving - and probably the most influential - Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India....

. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India between 1883 and 1909. the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.

John Robert Godley

John Robert Godley

John Robert Godley was an Irish statesman and bureaucrat. Godley is considered to be the founder of Canterbury, New Zealand, although he lived there for only two years.-Early life:...

 was the father of the first Baron. Another member of the Godley family was General

General (United Kingdom)

General is currently the highest peace-time rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. It is subordinate to the Army rank of Field Marshal, has a NATO-code of OF-9, and is a four-star rank....

 Sir Alexander Godley

Alexander Godley

General Sir Alexander John Godley GCB, KCMG was a First World War general, best known for his role as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force...

. He was the first cousin of the first Baron.

Barons Kilbracken (1909)

• Sir Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken (1847–1932)
• Hugh John Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken
  Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken
  Hugh John Godley was an Irish nobleman.Hugh Godley succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Kilbracken in 1932. A barrister, he became counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees of the House of...
  
   (1877–1950)
• John Raymond Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken
  John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken
  John Raymond Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken, DSC was a British-born, later Irish-resident peer, wartime naval pilot, journalist, author and farmer. He was the son of the 2nd Baron Kilbracken; his grandfather, Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, was William Ewart Gladstone's private secretary...
  
   (1920–2006)
• Christopher John Godley, 4th Baron Kilbracken (b. 1945)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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 is the present holder's son The Hon.

The Honourable

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James John Godley (b. 1972)